Silent Guardians 24" X 37"
Original Oil
This painting reminds me of my last trip to Africa. I was in the northern part of Tanzania. The late afternoon sun was a brilliant fire ball and its light seemed to make the baobabs glow. One tree in particular just lit up. That tree didn't work for this painting, but I used another baobab and "transferred" that special light to it. I cropped the main tree because it appeared bigger when you didn't see all of it.
This will be my last African painting for a while since I need to get some commissions done and more North American paintings completed for upcoming shows. A sunset piece seems a fitting place to end this run of African paintings.
2 comments:
Oh my, this really turned out quite lovely. Reminds me too, of the area around Tarangire. Oh, to be back there in the late afternoon! My heart aches.
PS: Really like the page makeover too!
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